August 11, 2012 – Job 7 – 8

We see Job in a state of impatience with the friends.  He seems to be saying, “just leave me alone”.  He understands that they do not understand his particular situation and that he hasn’t done anything.  I enjoyed the image of him wanting to go to bed and particularly mentioning his blanket.  Even Job found comfort in his “blanky”.  This is prophetic of the first Pope being named Linus. 

8:13-14 – I was interested in the imagery of a hypocrite’s faith being like a spider’s web.  I was thinking about a spider web and what characteristics it has that would help with this.  What is a hypocrite.  Simply put, it is a person who preaches or judges someone on something that they themselves do.  So, how does that relate to a spider’s web.  A spider’s web is made to catch many little things.  Bugs, dust, and dew drops are all captured by the spider’s web.  Much like a hypocrite who judges people on all the little things that they see them doing wrong.  They nitpick a person’s every fault.  Although a spider web is strong for its size, I have heard it is extremely durable in comparison to other threads, it is very vulnerable to larger things.  If I see a web, I have to wave my hand and completely destroy the spider’s hours of work.  Similarly, when you point to a hypocrite’s faults and that they are being a hypocrite, you can take destroy their ability to judge.  (you really don’t destroy it, they can ignore you and continue, but hopefully they will see their faults and change)  The image seems to be saying that a hypocrite’s faith is like a spider’s web in that it allows them to see other’s faults and catches little things, but they are vulnerable to bigger issues and when up against a bigger issue, their faith will fall apart and they can be destroyed.